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How innovation works : and why it flourishes in freedom / by Ridley, Matt,author.(CARDINAL)424649;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-388) and index.Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society. Forget short-term symptoms like Donald Trump and Brexit, it is innovation itself that explains them and that will itself shape the 21st century for good and ill. Yet innovation remains a mysterious process, poorly understood by policy makers and businessmen, hard to summon into existence to order, yet inevitable and inexorable when it does happen. Matt Ridley argues in this book that we need to change the way we think about innovation, to see it as an incremental, bottom-up, fortuitous process that happens to society as a direct result of the human habit of exchange, rather than an orderly, top-down process developing according to a plan. Innovation is crucially different from invention, because it is the turning of inventions into things of practical and affordable use to people. It speeds up in some sectors and slows down in others. It is always a collective, collaborative phenomenon, not a matter of lonely genius. It is gradual, serendipitous, recombinant, inexorable, contagious, experimental and unpredictable. It happens mainly in just a few parts of the world at any one time. It still cannot be modelled properly by economists, but it can easily be discouraged by politicians. Far from there being too much innovation, we may be on the brink of an innovation famine. Ridley derives these and other lessons, not with abstract argument, but from telling the lively stories of scores of innovations, how they started and why they succeeded or in some cases failed. He goes back millions of years and leaps forward into the near future. Some of the innovation stories he tells are about steam engines, jet engines, search engines, airships, coffee, potatoes, vaping, vaccines, cuisine, antibiotics, mosquito nets, turbines, propellers, fertiliser, zero, computers, dogs, farming, fire, genetic engineering, gene editing, container shipping, railways, cars, safety rules, wheeled suitcases, mobile phones, corrugated iron, powered flight, chlorinated water, toilets, vacuum cleaners, shale gas, the telegraph, radio, social media, block chain, the sharing economy, artificial intelligence, fake bomb detectors, phantom games consoles, fraudulent blood tests, faddish diets, hyperloop tubes, herbicides, copyright and even--a biological innovation--life itself.

Subjects: Diffusion of innovations; Technological innovations;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6

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All in good time : when to save, stock up, and schedule everything for your home / by Kuczykowski, Tara.(CARDINAL)397673; Ehman, Mandi.(CARDINAL)397674;

Includes bibliographical references (page 303).Your home. Building ; Buying ; Cleaning ; Cleaning supplies ; Closet organizers ; Moving ; Organizing ; Paint ; Remodeling ; Spring cleaning -- Backyard. Bicycles ; Boats ; Cars & Decks & patios ; Garage sales ; Garden ; Grills ; Insect repellent ; Landscaping ; Lawn care ; Motorcycles ; Outdoor gear ; Outdoor toys ; Patio furniture ; Sheds ; Sports activities & gear ; Sun protection ; Swimming pools ; Tools -- Basement. Alarm systems ; Dehumidifiers l Detectors ; Heating & cooling ; Hot-water tanks ; Humidifiers ; Laundry ; Dry cleaning ; Ironing ; Line drying ; Septic systems ; Storage containers ; Storm windows ; Sump pumps ; Utility bills ; Water treatment ; Winter weather -- Bathroom. Bath toys ; Cleaning ; Cosmetics ; Haircuts ; Health & beauty items ; Linens ; Medical care ; Salon./spa treatments ; Shower -- Bedroom. Bedding ; Clothing ; Jewelry ; Mattresses ; Pillows ; Purses ; Shoes ; Sleeping/waking up ; Sunglasses ; Swimwear -- Dining room/living room. China ; Décor ; Frames ; Lamps ; Flooring ; Fresh flowers ; Furniture ; Hostess gifts ; Silverware ; Table linens ; Vacuums -- Home office. Banking ; Cell phones ; College ; Computers ; Coupons & rebates ; Credit-card debt ; Digital cameras ; Email ; Estate planning ; File cabinets ; Gift cards ; Greeting cards ; Insurance ; Mortgages ; Piggy banks ; Photos ; Postage & shipping ; Printing ; Returns ; Safes ; Shredders ; Taxes -- Kitchen. Appliances ; Cooking dinner ; Cookware ; Dishes ; Farmers' market ; Small appliances ; Warehouse memberships ; Groceries -- Nursery/kids' rooms. Baby announcements ; Baby food ; Baby gear ; Blankies & lovies ; Car seats ; Clothing ; Diapers ; Diaper bags ; Formula ; Furniture ; Homeschooling ; Potty training ; School supplies ; Shoes ; Teaching a child to ride a bike ; Toys -- Rec room. Airline tickets ; Batteries ; Concert tickets ; DVDs & Blu-ray ; Electronics ; Exercise ; Fabric ; Fairs ; Golf ; Luggage ; Music ; Parks & museums ; Pets ; Restaurants ; Road trips ; Shopping ; Skiing ; Sporting events ; Summer activities ; Vacations ; Video games -- Holiday & event planning. Holidays ; Parties ; Weddings.The two lifestyle experts behind the websites "Deal Seeking Mom" and "Life Your Way" offer tips on saving money through proper timing, explaining the best times to get a haircut, fill the gas tank, and take a family vacation.

Subjects: Home economics.;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6

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Forensic science : an encyclopedia of history, methods, and techniques / by Tilstone, William J.(CARDINAL)477617; Clark, Leigh A.(CARDINAL)477619; Savage, Kathleen A.(CARDINAL)477618;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index.ABO blood groups -- Abortion -- Accelerant residues -- Accreditation -- Acid phosphatase -- Admissibility of scientific evidence -- Age estimation -- Alcohol -- Amelogenin -- American Board of Criminalistics (ABC) -- American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) -- American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) -- -- Ammonium nitrate-based explosives -- Ammunition -- Amphetamines -- Andrews, Tommie Lee -- Anthropology -- Antibody -- Antigen -- Antiserum -- Arson -- Arson and Explosives Incidents System (AEXIS) -- Asphyxia -- Assault -- Associative evidence -- Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) -- Automobile examination -- Autopsy -- Barbiturates -- Battered baby syndrome -- Benzidine -- Bite marks -- Black powder -- Blood -- Blood grouping -- Blood spatters -- Bloodstain identification -- Bombs -- Bradley, Stephen -- Bulbs (Automobile, examination of in accidents) -- Bullets -- Bundy, Ted -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) -- Burns --California Association of Criminalists (CAC) -- Cannabis -- Carbon monoxide -- Casts -- Cause of death -- Chain of custody -- Charred documents -- Clandestine drug laboratories -- Class characteristics -- Cocaine -- Color tests -- Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) -- Comparison microscope -- Contact gunshot wounds -- Controlled substances -- Corroborative evidence -- Counterfeit currency -- Crack cocaine -- Crime laboratories -- Crime scene -- Criminalistics -- Cyanide -- Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) -- Databases -- Date rape -- Daubert ruling -- Death -- Dental records and Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) -- Digital evidence -- Digital imaging -- Disaster management -- Distance determination (Firearms) -- DNA databases -- DNA in forensic science -- DNA population frequencies -- Document examination -- Drowning -- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) -- Drugfire -- Drugs -- Duffy, John -- Dyadic death -- Dynamite --Ecstasy -- Ejaculate -- Electrical injuries -- Entomology -- Erased writing -- Ethics -- Exclusion of paternity -- Exhumation -- Expert testimony -- Explosions and explosives -- Eyewitness testimony -- Falls -- Feces -- Fibers -- Field sobriety tests -- Fingernail examination -- Fingerprints -- Firearms -- Footwear -- Forensic quality services -- Forensic science -- Fracture matching -- Frye rule -- Gacy, John Wayne -- Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) -- Gas chromatography -- Gasoline -- Genetic markers -- Geology -- Glass -- Glue sniffing -- Gm and Km typing -- Haigh, John George -- Hair -- Hallucinogens -- Handwriting -- Haptoglobin -- Hashish -- Hay, Gordon -- Headlight filaments -- Heroin -- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) -- Hitler diaries -- Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) -- Identification -- Identity -- Inceptive evidence -- Indented writing -- Individual characteristics -- Infrared spectroscopy -- Ink -- Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) -- Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS) -- Irving, Clifford --Jewelry -- Jennings, Thomas -- Kerosene -- Khat -- Kicks -- Knife wounds -- Kumho Tire ruling -- Latent prints -- Lead bullets -- Lead poisoning -- Lewis blood typing -- Lie detector test (Polygraph) -- Likelihood ratio -- Locard's exchange principle -- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) -- Maggots -- Magic mushrooms -- Marijuana -- Markov, Georgi -- Mass disaster victim identification -- Mass spectrometry (MS) -- Mengele, Josef -- Methadone -- Methamphetamine -- Methanol and methanol poisoning -- Microcrystal tests -- Microscope -- Microspectrophotometry -- Morphine -- Napalm -- Narcotics -- National Crime Information Center (NCIC) -- National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) -- National Tracing Center (NTC) -- Nitrocellulose -- Nitroglycerin -- Objective test -- Odontology -- Opium -- Paint -- Pan Am 103 -- Parentage testing -- Pathology -- Phencyclidine, phenylcyclhexyl, or piperidine (PCP) -- Phenotypes -- Physical evidence -- Pitchfork, Colin -- Poisoning -- Poisons -- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) -- Population genetics -- Probability and interpretation of evidence -- Propoxyphene -- Psilocybin -- Psychiatry --Qualitative and quantitative analysis -- Ramirez, Richard -- Rape -- Red cell enzymes -- Refractive index -- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLP) -- Romanov family -- Ruxton, Buck -- Safe insulation -- Saliva -- Scientific evidence -- Semen identification -- Serial number restoration -- Serology -- Sexual offenses -- Shoe examination -- Skeletal remains -- Smokeless powder -- Soil -- Species identification -- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) -- Suicide -- Sweat -- Taggants -- Teeth -- Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) -- Time of death -- Time since intercourse -- Tire Tracks -- Tool marks -- Toxicology -- Trace evidence -- Trinitrotoluene (TNT) -- Typewriting and printing -- Ultraviolet (UV) and visible spectrometry -- Urine -- USS Iowa -- Validation -- Vollman, John -- World Trade Center bombing -- Wounds -- X-rays.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Criminal investigation; Criminal investigation; Forensic sciences; Forensic sciences;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4

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Outdoor life urban survival guide : top urban survival skills / by Johnson, Rich,1947-(CARDINAL)781552;

Subjects: Survival.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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